Eurobasket 2027, Capobianco analyzes the Azzurre’s roster

The group draw for the second phase of the FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2027 qualifiers was held in Mies, Switzerland.

The 24 national teams were divided into six groups of four teams each.

Each formation will play three matches in the November 2026 window (Nov. 11, 14 and 17) and three more in the February 2027 window (Feb. 10, 13 and 16).Italy’s Azzurre, starting from the first bracket, have been placed in Group K along with Slovenia, Latvia and Austria.

The schedule for the team led by Coach Capobianco includes:

November 11, 2026: Italy-Slovenia (at home)
Nov. 14, 2026: Austria-Italy (away)
November 17, 2026: Latvia-Italy (away)
February 10, 2027: Slovenia-Italy (away)
February 13, 2027: Italy-Austria (home)
February 16, 2027: Italy-Latvia (home)

The top two finishers in each group will gain direct qualification to FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2027. They will be joined by the four national teams already certain to participate as host countries-Belgium, Finland, Lithuania and Sweden-who will form Group H and continue their journey in parallel with the qualifiers.The top six teams ranked in the 2027 European Championship will then have access to the pre-Olympic tournament, which will put a spot up for grabs for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.

These are the words of coach Capobianco: “After what was called the ’round of death’ by FIBA last summer in Bologna, we got a solid, tough, high-level group in these Qualifiers as well. There are top teams in their own brackets, we are talking about national teams that have tradition, high level naturalized athletes and are coached well.”

“We as usual, I’ve been saying this since the first day I coach these extraordinary girls, we have to try to play at the top of our level and then see how it turns out. This is our commitment, knowing that we will face a round where the word respect will be fundamental because we will meet very tough teams.”